Marquez continues perfect 2014 with sixth straight pole
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| Marc Marquez, simply unbeatable in 2014 |
Having taken MotoGP pole at the Gran Premio d’Italia TIM on Saturday afternoon Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) heads the grid again for Sunday’s sixth race of the year, with Andrea Iannone (Pramac Racing) and Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) also featuring on the front row.
A 1'47.270 lap gave Marquez his sixth consecutive pole this year and his seventh successive top grid spot including Valencia last year, as his perfect form continued.
An excellent effort from Iannone (+0.18s) saw him show his pace again to get his first premier class front row start, the perfect response to his two recent DNF results and an ideal performance from an Italian rider on an Italian bike at the Gran Premio d'Italia TIM.
Lorenzo got his third row one result of the year in third place, meanwhile, as he lapped a quarter of a second off Marquez.
Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) still holds the pole record at Mugello with his 1'47.157s time from last year – and he qualified in fourth position with a late lap 0.314s from today’s pole.
A big crash on an out lap ended Monster Yamaha Tech3 rider Pol Espargaro’s session early as he went down at turn nine and was clearly annoyed, but the Spaniard was unhurt and still ended up 5th on the grid.
A good qualifying result for Cal Crutchlow (Ducati Team) in sixth saw him outperform teammate Andrea Dovizioso who was eighth.
Sandwiching Dovizioso on the third row are Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3) and Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) in seventh and ninth places respectively, with all three qualifying within 0.5s of pole.
Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) did not get the Q2 result he wanted as he qualified down in 10th for his 300th Grand Prix race.
Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini) and Aleix Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) made it through from Q1 but were ultimately 11th and 12th.
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Results
| Pos. | Rider | Num. | Nation | Team | Constructor | Time |
| 1 | Marc Marquez | 93 | ESP | Repsol Honda Team | HONDA | 1'47.270 |
| 2 | Andrea Iannone | 29 | ITA | Pramac Racing | DUCATI | 1'47.450 |
| 3 | Jorge Lorenzo | 99 | ESP | Yamaha Factory Racing | YAMAHA | 1'47.521 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | 26 | ESP | Repsol Honda Team | HONDA | 1'47.584 |
| 5 | Pol Espargaro | 44 | ESP | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | YAMAHA | 1'47.612 |
| 6 | Cal Crutchlow | 35 | GBR | Ducati Team | DUCATI | 1'47.659 |
| 7 | Bradley Smith | 38 | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | YAMAHA | 1'47.681 |
| 8 | Andrea Dovizioso | 4 | ITA | Ducati Team | DUCATI | 1'47.754 |
| 9 | Stefan Bradl | 6 | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP | HONDA | 1'47.765 |
| 10 | Valentino Rossi | 46 | ITA | Yamaha Factory | YAMAHA | 1'47.791 |
| 11 | Alvaro Bautista | 19 | ESP | Go & Fun Honda Gresini | HONDA | 1'48.132 |
| 12 | Aleix Espargaro | 41 | ESP | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | YAMAHA | 1'48.218 |
| 13 | Yonny Hernandez | 68 | COL | Pramac Racing | DUCATI | 1'48.722 |
| 14 | Scott Redding | 45 | GBR | Go & Fun Honda Gresini | HONDA | 1'48.754 |
| 15 | Michele Pirro | 51 | ITA | Ducati Team | DUCATI | 1'48.794 |
| 16 | Karel Abraham | 17 | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | HONDA | 1'48.894 |
| 17 | Hiroshi Aoyama | 7 | JPN | Drive M7 Aspar | HONDA | 1'49.505 |
| 18 | Colin Edwards | 5 | USA | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | YAMAHA | 1'49.780 |
| 19 | Hector Barbera | 8 | ESP | Avintia Racing MotoGP | FTR-KAWASAKI | 1'49.932 |
| 20 | Michael Laverty | 70 | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART & PBM | 1'50.505 |
| 21 | Mike Di Meglio | 63 | FRA | Avintia Racing MotoGP | FTR-KAWASAKI | 1'50.515 |
| 22 | Broc Parkes | 23 | AUS | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 1'50.875 |
| 23 | Michel Fabrizio | 84 | ITA | IodaRacing Project | IODA-SUTER | 1'53.116 |
| 24 | Nicky Hayden | 69 | USA | Drive M7 Aspar | HONDA | DNS |